The change of clubs had a positive impact on the career of midfielder Bakhtiyor Zainutdinov in the Kazakhstan national team, former CSKA defender Vladimir Ponomarev told .
On Tuesday, Zainutdinov’s double allowed the Kazakhstan national team to achieve a voluntary victory against the Finnish team in the qualifying match for Euro-2024 (2:1). In August, the footballer left CSKA Moscow for Turkish Besiktas. Zainutdinov has played for the Rouge-Bleu since 2020.
— I’m happy for Zainutdinov, an excellent result. I said that when he moved to another team, he would open up there, because he would feel like a leader there. But here, at CSKA, he was either placed as a central defender, then in midfield, or thrown into attack. It’s very difficult. But now I joined another team and everything has improved. In principle, he is an interesting footballer. Zainutdinov is very active on the pitch, sticking his nose everywhere in the right direction. Football rewards him for his activity, and sometimes he even gets lucky. I even remember how he scored a goal for CSKA… with his back. But he’s still not a player for a top team. Not for CSKA, Spartak or Zenit. In the best team, he is dead. “Besiktas is a good team, but football in Turkey is different,” Ponomarev told correspondent.
Source : MatchTV
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